Wanted

Words and Music by Lois Steele and Jack Fulton , 1954

Warner Bros. Music Corp. ~ ASCAP

With Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus

Produced by Joe Carlton

Recorded in Manhattan Center, New York City

Recording Engineer: unknown

Recording Time 3:07

Recorded December 29, 1953 ~ Matrix No. E3VB 2951 Take 1

Single release: RCA-78/45RPM-20/47-5647-A

Single Flip Side: "Look Out The Window ( And See How I'm Standing in the Rain )"

US Chart Position No. 1

UK Single release: HMV-78RPM-B-10691 ( May 1954 )

Single Flip Side: "Give Me Your Hand"

UK Chart Position No. 4

RCA Gold Standard Series 78/45-RPM-420/447-0112

Single Flip Side: "Papa Loves Mambo"

Perry Como ~ Wanted 45 RPM Extended Play Album

In 1943, one-time barber Perry Como launched his solo singing career, and the one-time crooner and trombonist Jack Fulton started writing songs. Their paths crossed some years later when "Wanted", a Fulton song that Perry recorded and made one of the big hits of 1954. An intriguing feature of this pretty performance by Perry is the way his voice seems to float over the gentle shuffle rhythm in the background.

( notes from "The Incomparable Como" Readers Digest UK compilation 1975 )